Box-lid and tag holder.



.No. 735,328. PATENTED AUG. 4. 1903;

H. J. WIENEKE.

BOX LID AND TAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1902. H0 MODEL.

Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. WIENEKE, oF'IowA CITY, IOWA.

BOX LlD AND TAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent No. 735,328, dated August 4,

Application filed August 23, 1902. :Serial in. 120,749. on) model.)

T on whom it mag "concern.-

Be it knownthatl, HENRYJ. WIENEKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iowa City, in the county of Johnson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful adapted for holding and supporting the cover or lid of a cigar or other box in a raised position for the purpose of displaying the contents thereof and provided with means for attaching a label or tag to the holder to indicate the price and quality of the goods con tained inthe box. i

The invention consists in a box-lid and tag holder and the special form of tag therefor, constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing the corner of a box and. a portion of the lid thereof with my improved holder connected thereto; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the holder and the tag suspend-' ed therefrom; Fig. 3, a similar view to that of Fig. 1, showing the shank of the holder slightly bent at an angle to sustain the lid in an inclined position; Fig. 4, a perspective view of said holder.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the corner of the body of a cigar or other box, and B a portion of the lid thereof, to show the application of my improved holder thereto to sustain the lid in a raised position to exhibit the goods contained in the box. The holder is constructed wholly of wire of suitable length and thickness, and comprises an upright shank O andmeans at its ends to engage the body and lid of the box, respectively. The lower end oftheupright shank O has two reversely- U shaped loops 0. b, which loops are both vertical and at right angles to each other, and as the shank is substantially vertical throughout its length the loops will engage the corner of the box at the rear or back thereof, and thereby form a substantiallsupport for the lid. The upright shank C at its upper end has two transversely- U -shaped loops c d, which loops are at right angles to each other, the loop 0 engaging the lidof the box, and the extremity of the wire which forms the hanger or arm e extending against the front side of the lid. The loop 01, which is at right angles to the loop a, has its two arms f g parallel and disposed one above the other on the same vertical plane, thereby forming a wide and substantial bearing or support for the back of the lid to rest against.

Unlike the holders in common use, the extremity of the wire comprising the arm e serves the double purpose of one of the clamping-jaws of the loop which engages the lid in addition to a hanger for the purpose of holding the tag, thereby providing a supporting means for the tag upon which the price and quality of the contents of the box may be indicated, and this without the necessity of any sheet metal holder for the tag or other like attachment soldered or otherwise affixed to the wire of the holder.

The tagD may be of any suitable material.

and has a sleeve h, which extends across its upper end and throughout its width and is adapted to slip over the endof the arm 6,

which arm forms a hanger for the tag.

The frictional contact of the front side of thelid of the box against the sleeve prevents said sleeve from slipping ofi but allowing it to be removed when desired, the tag and hanger rendering the device both simple and practical.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A box-lid and tag holder constructed wholly of wire and comprising an upright shank having at its lower end two reversely- U-shaped loops adapted to engage the back corner of thebody of the box adjacent to the lid thereof, the shank at its upper end having two U-shaped loops at rightangles to each other, the arms of one of the loops disposed one above the other on the same vertical plane to form a wide support for the lid of the box at the back thereof, the other loop adapted to engage the lid and the free end or extremity of the wire forming the outer arm of the loop extending against thefront side of said lid and serving as a tag-supporting means,enabling the tag to slip over the free end of the arm to engage it therewith, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A box-lid and tag holder constructed wholly of wire and comprising a suitable shank provided with means at its lower end to engage the back or rear corner of the body of the box, and two U-shaped loops at right angles to each other for engaging the lid, the extremity of the wire forming one of the loops extending in front of the lid, and a suitable tag having a sleeve at its upper end adapted to slip over the free end of the extremity of said wire to suspend it therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination with a suitable tag having a sleeve at its upper end, of a box-lid and tag holder constructed wholly of wire comprising an upright shank having two trans versely- U -shaped loops at its lower end adapted to engage the back or rear corner of the body of the box, and two U-shaped loops at the upper end of the shank, said loops being at right angles to each other, the arms of one of the loops disposed on the same vertical plane to form a wide support for the lid of the box at the back thereof, the'other loop adapted to engage the lid, and the free end or extremity of the wire forming the outer arm of the loop adapted to extend against the front side of the lid and engage the sleeve of the tag .to suspend it therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonythat I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY J. WIENEKE.

Witnesses:

O. F. LOVELACE, O. S; HOHENSOHUH. 

